A risk and resilience perspective on unaccompanied refugee minors

BE Carlson, J Cacciatore, B Klimek - Social work, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In the United States, unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are a diverse and
extremely vulnerable group served by social workers about whom there is little research …

Mental health issues in unaccompanied refugee minors

J Huemer, NS Karnik, S Voelkl-Kernstock… - Child and adolescent …, 2009 - Springer
Previous studies about unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) showed that they are a
highly vulnerable group who have greater psychiatric morbidity than the general population …

The role of social support in the acculturation and mental health of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers

B Oppedal, T Idsoe - Scandinavian journal of psychology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is a lack of knowledge about psychosocial resources that may sustain post‐
resettlement psychological adjustment among unaccompanied minor asylum‐seekers. The …

Aspirations for higher education among newcomer refugee youth in Toronto: Expectations, challenges, and strategies

YB Shakya, S Guruge, M Hynie, A Akbari, M Malik… - Refuge, 2010 - HeinOnline
A large percentage of refugees have low levels of education and official language fluency
upon arrival in Canada. This paper discusses educational goals of newcomer refugee youth …

[HTML][HTML] The living arrangements of children of immigrants

NS Landale, KJA Thomas… - The future of children …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Children of immigrants—defined as children with at least one foreign-born parent—are a
large and growing segment of the child population of the United States. Today more than …

Mental health issues among refugee children and adolescents

J Henley, J Robinson - 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Each year, several thousand child refugees are resettled in Australia. These children have
faced numerous stressors and are at increased risk for developing mental health problems …

Predictors of depressive symptoms among resettled unaccompanied refugee minors

KB Seglem, B Oppedal… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Seglem, KB, Oppedal, B. & Raeder, S.(2011). Predictors of depressive symptoms among
resettled unaccompanied refugee minors. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 52, 457 …

Listening to children in care: A review of methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding looked after children's perspectives

S Holland - Children & society, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews 44 refereed journal articles published between 2003 and 2008. All of the
articles attempt to directly uncover the experiences or perspectives of young people cared …

Daily hassles and coping dispositions as predictors of psychological adjustment: A comparative study of young unaccompanied refugees and youth in the resettlement …

KB Seglem, B Oppedal… - International journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined daily hassles and coping dispositions in relation to life satisfaction and
depressive symptoms among resettled unaccompanied refugees and other youth in the …

Depressive symptoms in adults separated from their parents as children: a natural experiment during World War II

AK Pesonen, K Räikkönen, K Heinonen… - American journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Despite the significance of childhood trauma for later life, there is little evidence on the long-
term consequences of parent-child separation. World War II created a unique natural …